Schee–Silschede Railway Path

22. Schee – Silschede railway line.
zechenwandern.de/home/touren-2/z15-deutschlandtour-sprockhoevel/#1455118260058-aaefaf11-44ff102a-1710"... The Schee – Silschede railway was a nine-kilometer secondary railway line in North Rhine-Westphalia. It ran from the old Sprockhövel customs town of Schee on the Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen – Hattingen railway to the Gevelsberg town of Silschede.The line was built between 1887 and 1889 and was mainly used to transport coal for the adjacent mines Zeche Deutschland and Zeche Stock & Scherenberg in Haßlinghausen and the United Trappe colliery near Silschede. In 1989 the railway line was finally closed. At the beginning of the 21st century it was converted into a pedestrian and bike path. ... "
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnstrecke_Schee%E2%80%93Silschede

Great route, the ground is well prepared but when the weather is nice there are a lot of cyclists on the road and the stretch is more of a push and overcrowded but you can make a detour into the forest everywhere.